Taitn Gray

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #130 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Dallas Center-Grimes Community HS, Dallas Center, Iowa Drafted/Committed: Oregon
  Age At Draft: 17.9
  
  An Iowa native, Gray is a 6-foot-3, 220-pound switch-hitting catcher with a physical, linebacker-esque build and an impressive track record of impact in the months leading up to the draft. Gray’s 109 mph exit velocity at PBR’s Super 60 Showcase in February topped the event. He won Iowa’s Gatorade player of the year award in the spring, then went to the MLB Draft combine and produced the third-best max exit velocity (114.5 mph) of any hitter—high school or college—to take batting practice at the event. Gray has plus raw power and enough hitting ability to access it in games. His swing features some moving parts, including a moderate leg kick and a slight hand hitch, but he’s an explosive rotator with tons of bat speed. He’s typically more synced up and fluid from the left side compared to the right. Gray has a chance to be an average defender with more work behind the dish. He’s got an average arm and might be able to profile in an outfield corner if he has to move, with some run times early in the 2025 season better than expected given his size—though he should settle in as a below-average runner in the future. An Oregon commit, Gray is young for the class and will be 17 on draft day.